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The FRACTRAN program, as described in HSCTF 2014.
# FRACTRAN - jzhu98
# See bottom for license.
from fractions import Fraction
# Input FRACTRAN code here
code = "455/33,11/13,1/11,3/7,11/2,1/3"
def parse_input(string):
"""Return a list of fractions from the code."""
string.replace(' ', '')
fracs = []
for f in string.split(","):
fracs.append(Fraction(f))
return fracs
def fractran(fracs):
"""Run the FRACTRAN code."""
num = int(input("Input integer: "))
makes_int = True
while makes_int:
makes_int = False
for f in fracs:
if num % f.denominator == 0:
makes_int = True
num *= f;
break
return num
print(fractran(parse_input(code)))
# The MIT License (MIT)
# Copyright (c) 2014 James Zhu
#
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# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
#
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#
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# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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# SOFTWARE.
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